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Title
Airplanes - Honolulu Clipper christened
Reference
PP-1-10-009
Description
  • Series - PP
  • Box # - 1
  • Folder # - 10
  • Image # - 009
  • Title - Airplanes - Honolulu Clipper christened
  • Description - With Polynesian ceremonies such as are rarely seen since Hawaiʻi became an American territory, Miss Helen Poindexter, daughter of Governor Joseph B. Poindexter, christens the Honolulu Clipper with coconut milk, dipping the fluid from a shell held by a member of the one-time royal court, then casting it to the four winds before touching the plane; ca 1939?
  • Display Date - circa 1939
  • Start Date - 01/01/1938
  • End Date - 12/31/1940
  • Contributed Metadata -
    Description: Miss Poindexter, daughter of the governor, conducts ceremony using coconut milk, dipping the fluid from a shell then casting it to the four winds before touching the plane. Keywords: airlines Title: Miss Helen Poindexter christening the Pan American Honolulu Clipper. Date: 1939 Photographer: Pan-Pacific Press Bureau
ID
ark:70111/1zl1
Level
Record
Parent ID
ark:70111/0jJS
Start Date
1938-01-01
End date
1940-12-31
Closure Type
Open
Open/Closed
true
Closure Status
Open document, open description